- 127 pages
- English
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About this book
Today it feels like everybody is talking about the problems and crises of our times: the climate and resource crisis, Greece's permanent socio-political crisis or the degrading exploitative practices of the textile industry. Many are aware of the issues, yet little seems to change. Why is this? The concept of the imperial mode of living explains why, in spite of increasing injustices, no long-term alternatives have managed to succeed and a socio-ecological transformation remains out of sight.
This text presents the concept of an imperial mode of living and explains how our current mode of production and living is putting both people and the natural world under strain. We shine a spotlight on various areas of our daily lives, among them food, mobility and digitalisation. We also look at socio-ecological alternatives and approaches to establish a good life for everyone – instead of for just a few.
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Table of contents
- At the Expense of Others?
- Contents
- Preface by Ulrich Brand, Markus Wissen and Barbara Muraca
- Introduction. An everyday catastrophe
- Historical Overview. A short history of the imperial mode of living
- Digitalisation. The laboratory of dreams and of nightmares
- Care. Who cares?
- Money and finance. The price of money: the impact of finance on our everyday lives
- Education and knowledge. … for they know not what they do? Knowledge, education and the imperial mode of living
- Food and agriculture. Eating like kings
- Mobility. Fast, faster, imperial
- Summary and outlook. From the imperial mode of living towards a good life for all
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- The Project and the authors
- Acknowledgements
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